West Papua APPG

First Registered: 13/11/2015 • Last updated on: 07/05/2025

To promote human rights in West Papua, including the right to self-determination.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

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4 Current APPG Officers
Lord Harries of Pentregarth Portrait
Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Alex Ballinger Portrait
Alex Ballinger
Vice Chair
Labour - Halesowen
Joined: 9th October 2024
Lord Lexden Portrait
Lord Lexden
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
1 APPG Membership
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Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alex Sobel MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 8295.

Email: alex.sobel.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Douglas Gerrard, International Parliamentarians for West Papua

Email: office@ipwp.org

Secretariat:

International Parliamentarians for West Papua acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.ipwp.org/

No benefits in kind are on record for the West Papua APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the West Papua APPG

Former APPG Officers
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Portrait
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Brighton, Kemptown
Joined: 21st November 2018
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Patrick Grady Portrait
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Anneliese Dodds Portrait
Anneliese Dodds
Treasurer
Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Chris Law Portrait
Chris Law
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Dundee Central
Joined: 4th May 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
2 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Armenia

No other APPG Memberships

Jeremy Corbyn Portrait
Jeremy Corbyn
Vice Chair
Independent - Islington North
Joined: 27th January 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions
Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals) , Egypt

No other APPG Memberships

Alan Whitehead Portrait
Alan Whitehead
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Southampton, Test
Joined: 29th March 2017
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

John Howell Portrait
John Howell
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Henley
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 24th January 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Kilclooney Portrait
Lord Kilclooney
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 10th October 2018
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Alton of Liverpool Portrait
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Vice Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 10th October 2018
6 APPG Officer Positions
Hong Kong , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Nigeria , North Korea , Uyghurs , Yazidis

No other APPG Memberships

Andrew Smith Portrait
Andrew Smith
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Oxford East
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions

No other APPG Memberships

Lord Deben Portrait
Lord Deben
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 13th November 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
1 APPG Officer Position
Dalits and Adivasis (Tribals)

No other APPG Memberships